Once there was a hare who lived in the wood. The hare had two friends, a monkey, and a fox. On the day of the full moon a starving beggar passed through the woods. Finding the poor man kindling a fire, the hare, the monkey, and the fox felt compassion for him and vowed to find him food. The monkey, with dexterity, gathered fruit from the tree tops, and presented his alms to the beggar. The fox, with craftiness, stole a line of fish from an unsuspecting fisherman, and presented his alms to the beggar. The hare, with distress, found nothing to give, for she knew only how to collect grass, and could neither gather from the trees nor steal from men, and so had nothing to present as alms to the beggar. And so, thinking within herself, she approached the beggar and said, βI will give you my own flesh to eat,β and jumped into the fire. To her surprise she was not burnt, but stood in the fire unharmed. She looked up to the beggar, asking. βWhat is the meaning of this? The beggar replied, βI am no beggarβ, transforming before her eyes. βI am 倩.β Turning to the monkey and the fox he said, βYou have indeed given, but she has given all. But for your kindness you too shall share in her reward.β Looking back to the hare he said, βFor your reward I will make you sovereign of the moon. Immortal and radiant, never shall you die, even if age touches you it will be turned back in due season. Your friends, the monkey, and the fox, shall be your attendants. Each having their allotted domain. The monkey when the moon overtakes the sun. The fox when the earth overtakes the moon. Come, your lunar palace awaits.β
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